Sweet Casatiello

To prepare the sweet casatiello start by making the dough. Take the stand mixer with the hook attachment and pour in the sieved 00 flour and Manitoba flour 1, then add the dried yeast 2. Next, add the condensed milk 3.

Start the stand mixer at medium speed and begin kneading the mixture with the hook. At this point, add the water little by little 4. Before finishing adding all the water, add the salt to the dough you are mixing 5. Continue mixing at medium speed until you get an elastic and well-incorporated dough 6.

Then add the butter little by little, making sure to add each part only after the previous part has been well absorbed into the dough 7. Now transfer the dough to a work surface and knead it with your hands until you obtain a spherical shape 8. Place the ball-shaped dough in a new clean bowl, previously greased. Cover the dough with plastic wrap 9 and let it rise in the oven with the light on at 86°F for 2 to 3 hours as needed.

Now proceed with the casatiello filling. Chop the dried fruits coarsely. Now squeeze the oranges in a small bowl to get the juice. Add the herbal liqueur to this juice 10. Now set the dried fruits to soak for about two hours in the juice you obtained 11. Return to the preparation of the casatiello dough. When the dough placed in the oven has doubled in volume, transfer it to a pastry board. There, flatten the dough and stretch it with your hands to obtain a rectangle of about 12 inches X 16 inches 12. The dough obtained should be soft enough not to require the use of a rolling pin.

Now drain the dried fruits and spread them over the entire surface of the dough 13. Roll the dough from the long side 14. Grease a 10-inch diameter bundt cake pan and place the casatiello roll in the pan 15.

Let it rise for 45 minutes at room temperature. After the rising time and the casatiello has doubled in volume, lightly brush with egg white 16 which you can beat with a fork. Bake the casatiello at 356°F for 60 minutes. Remove the casatiello from the oven 17 and let it cool on a wire rack. Now proceed with the preparation of the Royal icing. Beat the egg whites with the beaters of an electric mixer. Now add the powdered sugar little by little 18.

Work the mixture until you get a smooth and fluid glaze 19. Now decorate the sweet casatiello by spreading it with the royal icing 20 and complete the decorations with colorful sprinkles to your liking 21. Enjoy your casatiello!